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The Open Group's New Open Source Strategy

Bruce Perens writes "The Open Group hasn't always had the best reputation in the Open Source community, mostly because of their handling of Motif, which remained proprietary for much too long. But there's no arguing with the success of our community, and now the Open Group leadership understands that their organization must be fully involved in Open Source... or it's time for them to change their name. To that end, the Open Group contracted me to develop an Open Source strategy for their organization. The draft strategy has been published and they are requesting comment. - Bruce"

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  1. WILDCAT IS ON TEH SPOKE by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
  2. Fucking lameness filter by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
  3. no arguing? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    > theres no arguing with the success of our
    > community

    Baawhahhwhahwhahwhahwhwhwhahahahaha

    i find you all amazing without fail

  4. FIRST NONRIVALROUS POST by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    I hope I have not diminished your SlashDot experience.

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    1. Re:GNAA! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      is it gay, or gnaa?

  6. Re:Viral by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  7. Hmm... by Faust7 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    a nonrivalrous public good.

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    "Mandrake!"
    "SuSE!"
    "Redhat!"
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    "SCO!"

    *sqlrch splach glurchhhk*

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  8. Re:Viral by Elwood+P+Dowd · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Exactly. I feel the same way about my VD.

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    There are no trails. There are no trees out here.
  9. Emacs people: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    what's the origin and/or significance of the "p" suffix on certain emacs lisp commands? I.e., "listp", "file-exists-p", etc.

  10. oi! mac problem by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I daan't wanna start a 'oly war 'ere, but wot is the bloody Ian Beale wif ya mac fanatics? i've been sittin' 'ere at me freelance gig in front of a mac (a 8600/300 w/64 megs of ram) for abaht twenny minutes na while it attempts ter copy a 17 meg file from wahn folder on the chuffin' 'ard drive ter anovver folder. twenny minutes. at Pope in Rome, on me pentium pro 200 runnin' nt ffour, which by aw standards should be a Hoppin' Pot slower than this mac, the same operation would take abaht Bo-le of Glue minutes. if that. in addition, durin' this file transfer, netscape will not Kathy Burke. and everythin' else 'as Penny-A-Pound ter a 'alt. even bbedit lite is strainin' ter keep up as I type this. i won't Front Door ya wif the laundry list of ovver problems that i've encountered while workin' on various macs, but suffice it ter say there 'ave been many, not the least of which is i've never Pearly Queen a mac that 'as ran faster than its wintel counterpart, despite the macs' faster chip 'rchitecture. me 486/66 wif ait megs of ram Radio Ones faster than this 300 mhz machine at times. from a productivity standpoint, I daan't get 'a people can claim that the macintosh is a superior machine. mac addicts, flame me if you'd loike, but i'd rather 'ear sum intelligent Four Seasons why anyone would choose ter use a mac over ovver faster, cheaper, more stable systems.

  11. michael rushed this out due to timothy's failure by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Check out today's book review and the riot that followed.

  12. Re:Is Open Source Good for All of Our Members? by billstr78 · · Score: 0, Offtopic


    Next time you're sitting alone in the dark late at night wondering if you should kill yourself, do it.


    Sorry, trolling for people to flame on, is way more pathetic. You first.